Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1887-10-18

he t'sHl n uI GiiZt ). Johnson, On w canes
day afternoon, has furnished an enisma
sha. al; Tho doctors are egitated over, and
whcb will doubtless eugtoss attention in he
next meeting Of the association.
IL was TIE most mysterious case in which
ny services bave aver been enlisted" +" re-
.1glked Df Crook, and vii! doubtless oc
cGpy much spaCeiu future number OF some
obe Of t6e JGeGica. journals"
Upon .efec;ing moment as If 20 brush
uu ;bo chupters Of the strange stlAir, the
doctor uDburdeoed hmsa!f. de was seated
IN his oflice Wednesday, when messenger
made his appearance. and asked him 10
5astsa to 434 East Fourth street, where g.
-omDu WAS dying Grespinga a prescription
pad, .Da surgeon followed his ciceronc up
the street and. without pausing, entered the
door OF . sqpetty cabin. Within everything
y3as az quiet as /. cathedral. a few women,
who lad coa,e like good Samaritans to min.
lister g. Tho comfort CT the tenement that
was fast losing It's spirit, were moving on
ti;too sycunG the bed, and approaching the
Doctor. shcol. their hea6s in awful signifi-
csncs.
Ron long since she died ?" asked the
nan al medicine CT one of tbs women, who
4.
probably zen minutes Already tho eyelids
SD rear closed by the gentle hands OF the
woman, ar1 moving towards the pulseless
form Of ;bo victim, ne nade hasty post
Da?tem. 30 all appearance the last
spark o: lie was exiinguished, the ,e ex-
,remities uera Geld and clammy. The
oallor of death had settled on the fea-
iu!ea. and the undertaken was about 10 be
notified whom the weights were removed
from he eyes Into these the doctor peered
and discovered slight movement in the
pupil Of the eye. The physician was
amazed, aud ordered the bystanders to get q
nasl; of wbiskey. This was produced and
applied TO q place above the region of the
beart. The women rubbed violently at the
bosom while the doctor lifted the arms and
kent them in motion until the dead woman
opened her eyes and turning her head sur
veyed The surroundings. The spectators
looked ut each other and then at the wom-
an. who vas eyeing them Keen Y. The
spectacle was indeed an original one, and
not word was spoken Until the patient
hersef opened her lps and murmured some
thing incoherent about as5rauge experience
in some ether world. The doctor and his
assistants gathered nearer in anticipation
of something that would be of infinite bcno.
f to the Ingersois Us well ss tho Talmages.
Again tbs rubbing ofthe cuticle above the
heart was resumed while the Doctor repeat
cd bis see saw motion of the arms. With
this animation became more vigorous, and
tnc woman continued to mutter something
o: . dar!: region that had suddenly opened
iato lhs brightest ofsunshine. 1t was while
she stood contemp plating this that something
seized her. and passing through an agOniz-
ing ordeal she started back through the
gloom to open ber eyes on worthy surround
ings The trembling voice was growing
fainter gs the woman stood in awe stricken
silence over her, the Doctor only putting the
questions. For fifteen minutes tho dead
WGman continued TO talk in broken sen
;ouces, when she made desperate struggle
and then subsided with set teeth into the
grim embrace Of death. The bystenders
we're rs paralyzed IS was tho physician, who
returned to his office and began TO explore
his dusty Iibrary. He had decided on q
heo:y when the chronic!er saw him, and
SAID nc rubbi0g and exercise of the arms
mad forced Il blood cIot from the heart, after
which circulation snd life were momenterily
.estored.-LcadUiHe Chronicle.